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Sunday, April 22, 2012

My response to the police report lodged by MCA against me

MEDIA STATEMENT BY HANNAH
YEOH, ADUN SUBANG JAYA ON 21 APRIL 2012

I have been called in to be
investigated by the police for the alleged crime of defamation after a police
report was lodged against me by MCA Kelana Jaya for what they claimed to be a
defamatory article posted on my blog titled “MCA’s recruitment drive for phantom voters?”.

1.Firstly, how
is it possible that MCA can be defamed? In my opinion, one can only defame
MCA if MCA has a good reputation to start with. MCA today is not worthy to be
defamed. Instead of providing an explanation as to why the Deputy Home Minister
was soliciting for foreigners and permanent residents at a MCA program, MCA has
inexplicably made this to be an issue of defamation. MCA has admitted that 2000
flyers were printed and distributed calling out to those who were applying for
PR or citizenship to come out and meet Dato’ Lee Chee Leong.

2.As the Deputy Home Minister, he must explain
as to why he was executing official duties and deploying government machinery at a political party’s program? MCA
has admitted that they organised the program, printed, distributed those flyers
and they intended to get foreigners and permanent residents to come out and
meet the Deputy Home Minister. The flyer seeks to impress upon the reader that
if you are applying for PR or citizenship, come to this MCA roadshow to meet
the Deputy Home Minister and he will help you. According to the Star report, MCA
has in fact admitted that they have ‘helped’ tens of thousands of people in the
last two years to become citizens. The Home Ministry worked hand in glove with
MCA here, so who in their right mind will not equate this as a vote-buying
exercise? How is it that a political party can play a role in something as
critical as obtaining citizenship? What is the role of the National
Registration and Immigration departments? Has it been reduced to just paperwork
while MCA, MIC and other BN parties do the actual screening, vetting and
approvals? This is a genuine matter of
national security which warrants investigation but instead the police and the
Home Ministry are more concerned with investigating whether I had defamed MCA.

3.As the elected representative of the people
of Subang Jaya, it is my duty to speak
up for the people, to question and to hold the government of the day
accountable. When did it become a crime to question MCA or the Home
Ministry? When did MCA become untouchable, unquestionable?

4.If MCA and the Home Ministry are genuinely
concerned about being defamed, then they should rightfully investigate others who have come out with claims and even evidence
of foreigners being made instant citizens in exchange for votes. Not just in
Peninsular Malaysia but even more so in Sabah. Prove it to all Malaysians by
also investigating the son of the former Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Ghafar Baba
who very recently made a public claim at a pre-Bersih rally that the country is
being sold to foreigners for the sake of winning elections. Investigate him who
is still an UMNO member and prove that this 1Malaysia administration does not
practice double-standards. The BN-controlled mainstream media defames Pakatan
Rakyat politicians on a daily basis. Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his family
have been defamed in all ways possible. Lim Guan Eng and even his son have been
defamed with blatant lies by BN cybertroopers. The inaction and deafening
silence of the Home Ministry and MCA on these blatant cases of defamation
indicates that these acts are condoned by them. The hypocrisy displayed here is
simply too obvious.

5.Finally from this latest desperate act by MCA
and the Home Ministry, we hear loud and clear the message that BN is sending
that they are turning to foreigners for
votes and discounting Malaysians’. Last Sunday, the Deputy Home Minister
went down to the ground to meet foreigners in Subang Jaya. On last Thursday,
200 stateless Malaysians went to Parliament to obtain their rightful
citizenship status but no government representative was present to meet them.
If MCA and the Deputy Home Minister are genuinely interested in helping the
people, why didn’t they come out and help these stateless Malaysians? I along
with the people of Malaysia hold MCA and the Home Ministry accountable for this
travesty of injustice which has been inflicted upon the good people of this
country.

We the resident of Subang Jaya are giving you the full support and thanks you for exposing the flyer. We are not blind and stupid. This Ong lady is just a nobody to us Subang resident.I pray and hope that all voters of Subang Jaya Please stick to your votes for the State and Parliament forever. Please keep us update of the outcome of your investigation. T Q.

YB Hannah - We are with you. The irrelevant trying to stay relevant by appointing themselves so-called 'coordinators'. Are they working or so called 'serving the people' for FREE, your guess is as good as mine!